Telephone attachment for motor vehicles



3. A. MORE N.

TELEPHONE ATTACHMENT FOR MOTOR VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED 050.21; 1920.

1,41 1 1 Patented May 16, 1922.

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I. A. MO-REN. TELEPHONE ATTACHMENT FOR MOTOR VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.2T,'I920. Patented May 16, 1922.

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M, i IMWMQE UNETEEE JOHN ARTHUR IvIOBEN, OF WEBSTER, WISCQNSIN.

TELEPHONE ATTACHMENT FOR lvIOTOR VEHICLES.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

"Patented May 16, 1922.

Application filed. December 27, 1920. Serial No. 433,201.

T 0 all to 7mm it may concern Be it known that 1, JOHN A. MoREN, acitizen of the United States, residing at VVebster,- in the county ofBurnett and State of WVisconsin, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Telephone attachments for Motor Vehicles, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to a telephone device for use in connection withmotor vehicles.

One object of the present invention is to provide an attachment which isof such nature that it affords facilities for telephoning at any pointalong a highway during travel by motor.

One of the special features of the invention resides in the provision ofan out-fit of this character which is so made that it. is capable ofbeing stored in an exceedingly small space and yet is adapted fortapping into the telephone lines carried on the poles alongside of thehighway.

The invention also includes means whereby one of the terminals of thetelephone outfit may be'easily raised to the desired height forattachment of said terminal. to a wire carried b telephoue poles.

The invention furthermore provides means whereby a telephone linemantraveling along the highway may carry with him a compact outfit wherebyhe will be enabled. at any point. to get in touch with his home ofiiceby simply attaching the device to one of the telephone lines.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the invention inuse;

Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the operator of a motor vehiclein the act of conn cting up the invention for use;

Figure 5 is a detail view showing the means for connecting the deviceinto the tel ephone line;

Figure f is a detailed perspective view ofthe terminal attaching means.

The invention. as herein. shown-I or the purpose of disclosing the same,comprises a telephone set 1 having the connecting leads 2 and 3, theformer of which is adapted to be connected to the ground of the circuit,such ground being effected by the use of a copper peg 4: with which thelead 2 is connected and which peg is firmly driven into the ground. Itis also obvious that a good ground may be made by connecting the leadwire 2 withthe radiator or any other metal portion of the vehicle andthen subsequently connecting the vehicle with the ground inhook 8 at itsother end, said contact strip 7 being securely welded to a tubularferrule 9 threaded as indicated at 10 at one end, said end beingopposite the hook 8 and carrying a gunrliel 11 for purposes to behereinafterset ort i.

A sectional pole 12 joined together as shown at 13 with threadedferrules 14: is provided andhas its uppermost end adapt-ed tolengage thethreads 10 of the tubular ferru e 9.

In using the device the operator of the vehicle first grounds thetelephone set 1 by driving the peg 4 into theground, or otherwise. Next,the jointed sections 12 of the pole are secured together in the mannerindicated at 13 and the upper end of the pole is screwed into thethreads 10 of the ferrule 9, said threads fitting relatively loose sothat after the ferrule 9 has been hung upon the funnel 11 which providesa large opening for initially receiving the end of the pole anddirecting itinto proper place.

The ferrule 9 constitutes a weight for holding the hook 8 in electricalcontact with the wire and consequently is made of relatively heavymaterial while the contact strip '7 is preferably made of'copper toprovide good conductivity: The conductivity of the ferrule 9 may he nil,

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In combination witla portable telephone set for tapping into a telephoneline, lead wires one constituting a ground wire and the other a lineconnecting wire, a tube pro vided at one end with a pole centeringfunnel, and a longitudinally extending contact strip secured to the tubeat one side thereof, said strip being provided'at one end with an eyeaccommodating the line connecting wire and at its opposite end with ahook to engage over a line wire.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JOHN ARTHUR MOREN. [L. s.]

